[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 13581-13582]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              RECOGNIZING NORTHWEST INDIANA'S NEW CITIZENS

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                        HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY

                               of indiana

                  in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 8, 2017

  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure and sincerity 
that I take this time to congratulate thirty individuals who will take 
their oaths of citizenship on Friday, September 15, 2017. This 
memorable occasion, presided over by Judge Philip P. Simon, will be 
held at the United States Courthouse and Federal Building in Hammond, 
Indiana.
  America is a country founded by immigrants. From its beginning, 
settlers have come from countries around the world to the United States 
in search of better lives for their families. Oath ceremonies are a 
shining example of what is so great about the United States of 
America--that people from all over the world can come together and 
unite as members of a free, democratic nation. These individuals 
realize that nowhere else in the world offers a better opportunity for 
success than here in America.
  On September 15, 2017, the following people, representing many 
nations throughout the world, will take their oaths of citizenship in 
Hammond, Indiana: Dominic Kwadwo Manu, Anas Hashem Mohammad Salameh, 
Mikhail Gennadiyevich Kapustin, Beata Joanna Nabrzyska, Jaroslaw 
Nabrzyski, Radoslaw Jan Nabrzyski, Daniel Joseph Perfilio Smith, Ramiro 
Malagon Ramirez, Ma Marina Diaz de Malagon, Martha Alicia Vargas 
Somosa, Raymundo Ibis Quintas Garcia, Sheri Ahmady, Monica Diaz 
Nevarez, Susana Jasna Diurych Diaz, Lola Li Fuller, Luz Maria 
Hernandez, Hana Kang, Biljana Loskoski, Leticia Noguez, Jose Angel 
Recio, Juan Carlos Rodriguez, Andres Saragoza, Farhat Naheed Shiekh, 
Swetha Vinjimoor, and Anna Sijie Xiong.
  Although each individual has sought to become a citizen of the United 
States for his or her own reasons, be it for education, occupation, or 
to offer their loved ones better lives, each is inspired by the fact 
that the United States of America is, as Abraham Lincoln described it, 
a country ``. . . of the people, by the people, and for the people.'' 
They realize that the United States is truly a free nation. By seeking 
American citizenship, they have made the decision that they want to 
live in a place where, as guaranteed by the First Amendment of the 
Constitution, they can practice religion as they choose, speak their 
minds without fear of punishment, and assemble in peaceful protest 
should they choose to do so.
  Mr. Speaker, I respectfully ask you and my other distinguished 
colleagues to join me in congratulating these individuals who will 
become citizens of the United States of America on September 15, 2017. 
They, too, will be American citizens, guaranteed the inalienable rights 
to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We, as a free and 
democratic nation, congratulate them and welcome them.

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